CSC Heralds Business Network As Next Foray In Safe Cosmetics Crusade
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics promotes the companies that fulfilled its Compact for Safe Cosmetics program – which has been phased out – and announces a new business network to “help educate others in the industry, consumers and policymakers and calls for a stronger, greener market.”
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